The fourteenth word of verse (28:47) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of cause and verb. The prefixed particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The particle is used to indicate cause and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is tā bā ʿayn (ت ب ع).

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:47:14) fanattabiʿa so we (could have) followed
CAUS – prefixed particle of cause V – 1st person plural (form VIII) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	الفاء سببية فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (28:47)

The analysis above refers to the 47th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle fa (ف)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root tā bā ʿayn

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